1st Edition

The Anthropocene New Trajectories in Law

By Peter D. Burdon Copyright 2023
116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

This book introduces the concept of the Anthropocene and examines its importance for environmental legal thinking, research and practice. Two main arguments are explored. The first is that much of the scholarship in environmental law that addresses the Anthropocene does not respond to Earth systems science or the difference in scale as we move from local to global systems. Key examples include... Read more

1. The Anthropocene Rupture 2. A New Anthropocentrism 3. Eco-Constitutionalism 4. Rights and Obligations 5. Ecological Integrity 6. Materialism in the Anthropocene

Biography

Peter D. Burdon is Associate Professor at Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, Australia.